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Location: Minehead, Somerset
Salary: £26,941.60 - £31,406.21 (FTE £29,120 - £33,945.60) Depending on experience and qualifications
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Term time plus additional days and training (42 weeks per year
We are currently seeking a Chef Tutor to join a specialist college and training hotel for you young people with learning disabilities located in Minehead.
The main purpose of the role:
As aChef Tutoryour role is to plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate inspiring, engaging and individualised Food Preparation sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student.
Your role is to help achieve the companiesmission which is to equip young adults with learning disabilities to find sustainable employment in the hospitality sector and to live independently.
Always promote a professional attitude and approach with students and learner support practitioners, to support students to develop the skills required to be 'work ready, life ready.
Key duties:
- Effectively and professionally plan, prepare and resource highly individualised sessions of the highest quality, including those sessions where you may be absent, according to the published scheme of work.
- Deliver professional, inspiring, and engaging sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student, and in which all students are motivated and engaged throughout. We expect every tutor to be fully always engaged in the session without exception.
- Plan and prepare robust and professional assessments and ensure that all tracking (including baselining, target setting and review) and reports associated with these are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner, and that any records are kept up to date.
- All tutors must be familiar with, and actively use the principles of RARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement).
- Work professionally and collaboratively with all colleagues and teams across the Academy, including the Therapy team and House Managers, to analyse student performance and ensure that all students make progress commensurate with their ability.
- Where underachievement is identified appropriate strategiesshould beimplemented immediately and where overachievement is identified, targets should be reviewed, and further challenges agreed within teams and set.
- Ensure that all students receive professional, timely and effective feedback, with appropriate strategies (next steps) to improve their performance, and that such discussions are evidenced through effective and professional record keeping (Evaluations, Tutorials, Reviews).
- Prepare, direct and lead Learning Support Practitioners (LSP) within your session, and to actively always promote a professional attitude and approach with the LSP. Ensure that LSPs (Learner Support Practitioner) contribute throughout the session
- Level 2 in English & Maths
- City and Guilds (Or other recognised awarding body) Hospitality and CateringLevel 2 or equivalent
- Level 3 desirable or willing to work towards
- Level 4 certificate in Education(desirable or willing to work towards)
- Experience of working in a hospitality catering setting.
- Experience in vocational education (desirable).
- Experience of working in a team setting.
- Full training and continued support
- Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by the company!
- 10% off accommodation, hot drinks
- Life assurance and Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
- Health cash back plan
- Car lease scheme
- Bike to work scheme
- Perk box
- Free parking
